On November 16th, the Yellow Crane Hall of the East Lake International Conference Center was full of guests with warm atmosphere. CCPIT Hubei kept the appointment with overseas Chinese around the world, and successfully held the "White clouds and yellow cranes welcome tens of thousands of overseas Chinese, Hubei brands travel all over the world" -- "Going Global" for Hubei Products, a special event of the 2022 Conference on Overseas Chinese Pioneering and Developing in China, which attracted more than 180,000 Chinese and overseas Chinese gathering online and offline.
Zhao Jun, deputy secretary-general of the People's Government of Hubei Province, attended the event and delivered a speech. Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Zhu Qingqiao and Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao gave video speeches respectively. Kuang Yuanping, vice president of the China Federation of Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs, vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and president of the Australian Chinese Federation, and Wen Xin, director of investment promotion of the Invest HK in Central China, addressed respectively. Nearly 200 people attended the meeting. They are Fons Lamboo, chief representative NBSO Wuhan, Guo Weixun, director of the Wuhan Economic and Trade Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Linda Li, manager of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Wuhan Office, Li Yongping, chairman of Maylink Holding Group Co., Ltd. and president of the European Ningbo Chamber of Commerce, and leaders of the United Front Work Department of CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, the Foreign Affairs Office of CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, the Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, and the Provincial Department of Commerce. Participants also included representatives of overseas institutions and business associations in China, overseas Chinese, industry associations in the province, CCPIT city and prefecture branches and companies. Representatives of Hubei International Chamber of Commerce overseas branches and overseas Chinese representatives joined in the conference online. Tian Ye, a well-known host of Hubei TV Station, presided over the event.
Making use of the Overseas Chinese Pioneering and Development Conference in China, a grand meeting and platform for global exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and overseas Chinese, this event centered on the construction of the "three highlands and two bases" modern industrial system proposed by the 12th Party Congress of Hubei Province, highlighted the goal of building a strong manufacturing power, focused on two industries of engineering construction and new energy vehicle manufacturing. It also launched programs such as Overseas Chinese Speaking of Hubei Brands, Promotion Interview and Hubei Products Show. All these have presented the world the development advantages and potentials of the two industries, the innovative strength and vitality of enterprises, and boosted Hubei brands and facilitated the superior enterprises of Hubei “Going Global”, served for the fabrication of new strengths for international cooperation and competition and openness and development.
